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Preventing the Damage of Embezzlement in Health Care

Learning Objectives:

1) Define and identify different types of Embezzlement

2) Review Case examples

3) Identify red flags in case examples

4) Learn habits to help reduce the risk of embezzlement

5) Discuss different avenues for reporting embezzlement

About Our Speaker

Jim Siwek spent nine years in the US Army, initially in the Military Police Corps and later was accepted in the Criminal Investigations Division. The investigations Jim conducted with Army CID involved violent crimes, to include homicides, sexual assaults, burglaries, and drug and gang related offenses. He served in Berlin, Germany; Turkey; White Sands, NM; Fort Riley, KS; and Savannah, GA. Specialty assignments include the Special Reaction Team (SRT) Leader, and Drug Suppression Team Chief. Thereafter, Jim became a Special Agent with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Inspector General (HUD-OIG) for over 20 years. As an agent with HUD-OIG he was assigned to the Chicago, IL District Office, and then as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) in Seattle, WA. Here Jim investigated fugitive felon and white-collar fraud, to include housing assistance fraud, block grant, and community development fraud, focusing on embezzlement and public corruption. Jim has also investigated fraud concerning HUD’s Multi-family program, and mortgage fraud. The mortgage fraud investigations involved loan origination fraud, appraisal fraud, mortgage rescue fraud, Reverse Mortgage fraud, and bankruptcy fraud. These investigations have led to the prosecution of loan originators, underwriters, attorneys, appraisers, realtors, “investors” and loan brokers. As the ASAC in Seattle, Jim was responsible for the oversight of investigations being conducted in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, South Dakota and Alaska. Jim then went on to teach the Criminal Justice program at Puget Sound Skills Center, where he taught high school juniors and seniors about the Criminal Justice System. Jim currently works for Peraton, where he conducts health care fraud investigations. His education includes a Master’s Degree in Organizational Leadership. He is a Certified Firearms Instructor and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, and a board member on the Pacific Northwest ACFE chapter.